magnetum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →magnes, (gen.), magnetis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
magnetic; of a magnet/lodestone; of Magnesia; [~ lapis => magnet, lodestone];
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →magnes, magnetis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
magnet, lodestone; inhabitants of Magnesia (pl.);
gen. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...possit, quem Magneta vocant patrio de nomine Grai, Magnetum quia sit patriis in finibus ortus. hunc homines lapidem..." - T
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quoque, urbem ualidam et ad omnia opportunam, et Magnetum gentem suae dicionis fecit. inde et in Thracia quasdam..." - T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...adlocutique concilio frequenti Thessalos Demetriadem iter flexere. eo Magnetum concilium indictum est. accuratior ibi habenda oratio fuit, quod..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ille Antiocho, hic Mithridate pulsis fidem atque virtutem Magnetum decoravere, uti Dianae Leucophrynae perfugium inviolabile foret. Aphrodisienses posthac..."